Independent Video Store Business Plan

Independent Choice Flicks is owned and operated by Janet Sinemma. It will be formed as a sole proprietorship as there is no compelling reason to incorporate. Janet will have ample insurance to help ward against personal liability issues.

Janet has a degree in marketing from University of Michigan. While at Michigan she worked at a local video rental store. Though she worked out of a need for money, she choose a video rental store out of her love for the cinema. Upon graduation, Janet worked for Hollywood Video’s corporate headquarters in Portland, Ore. She found this to be a very valuable experience. Not only did it help strengthen her marketing skills by learning from a industry leading company, but it also gave her tremendous insight into the video rental industry. After four years at Hollywood Video, Janet finally got the gumption to leave Hollywood Video, move to Eugene and open her own store.

Janet believed that in order for her to be truly happy that she needed to be running her own store and that she wanted to concentrate on quality movies instead of mainstream commercial society releases. She thought she would be able to apply her in depth industry knowledge and create a store that addresses an unmet demand. Having done a lot of research, she concluded Eugene was a very good place for an alternative video rental store.

6.1 Personnel Plan

The staff will consist of Janet working full time. By month three there will be three part-time employees. This will suffice until month five when a full-time employee will be brought on board. The employees will be chosen based on their people skills and on their love and knowledge of the genre of movies that ICF rents.